WORKING FROM A recipe tested and perfected in her apartment just off Jackson Street, Susan Gabiati has launched Kettel Krakkers, a line of gluten-free, mostly organic, traditional Danish crackers offered in four flavors: sesame, caraway, garlic and rosemary.

Although the traditional Danish cracker is gluten-based, Gabiati decided to adapt the recipe when her granddaughter Lisa was diagnosed with Celiac disease a few years ago.
“Lisa was always so tired, for several years. We were like, ‘How can you be so tired when you’re 15, 16, 17?’ ” Gabiati says. “It took her a whole year to get off gluten until she started feeling better. It took her another year to come to terms about her illness.”

That was before the gluten-free craze hit its current fever pitch.

“There was nothing savory on the market, and making the crackers gluten-free didn’t compromise the flavor, which was really wonderful,” she says.

Gabiati was sent to culinary school in Denmark when she was 17 and she has loved to cook ever since. She came to Tiburon from Copenhagen 45 years ago, and moved into a lofty apartment in the neighborhood after her husband died several years ago.

“I have such a tiny kitchen and you know the food doesn’t know, it’s only the cook,” says Gabiati.

Kettel Krakkers take their name from Gabiati’s married surname, Kettel, and krakker is the traditional Danish spelling. Available locally at Ales Unlimited at Jackson and Webster and at Bryan’s in Laurel Village, the crackers are handmade in an industrial kitchen supervised by Gabiati’s son Morten Kettel.

Gabiati tasted more than 30 olive oils before settling on one to use for her cracker creations. All the ingredients are sourced from local, family-owned companies.

In Denmark, no one leaves the table without saying “tak for mad” or “thank you for the food,” and the Kettel Krakker label is printed with that saying — a nod to where she first learned the art of cooking.

Juicy News closed its Fillmore store on March 15 and hopes to open on Union Street by April 1.

Its new home was once the home of the legendary Minerva's Owl bookstore. "This shop had massive history," says Salimi. "So good vibes and heritage all around."

FLORIO CHEF TAKING
OVER PIZZA INFERNO

Exciting news from Fillmore and Sutter: A new restaurant from ex-Florio chef Nicholas Pallone called Academy Bar & Kitchen will soon replace Pizza Inferno, which has been on that key corner for two decades.

Pizza Inferno owner Peter Fogel says his restaurant will get a new oven and a new look before it reemerges as the Academy, with Pallone at the helm.

Lower Fillmore is getting a useful new business: a paint store. G&R Paint Co. — the highly regarded purveyor of Benjamin Moore and other paint at 1238 Sutter — is moving in April to 1491 Webster, in the Safeway parking lot.

The store is part of the locally owned Creative Paint company, which has four paint stores and two hardware stores, including Brownie’s on Polk Street.

TWO NEW TASTES
COMING ON CALIFORNIA

Construction has begun on the new Smitten ice cream shop coming to 2404 California, formerly the home of Copy.net.

A few blocks west at California and Divisadero, construction is under way on a corner shop to be called
B. on the Go. It’s a new venture from Belinda Leong, the master pastry chef behind B. Patisserie across the street.

The former market at 2794 California will provide extra space for the patisserie, plus a new venture still to be announced. Stay tuned.

PROGRESS COMES TO
THE JAZZ DISTRICT

T here’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on with the dining scene on Fillmore Street just south of the Geary bridge.

• The biggest news is the opening at 1525 Fillmore of The Progress, the new and more formal restaurant from State Bird Provisions chef-owners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski.

• Across the street, Zoomaak has opened in the small space at 1552 Fillmore. It's a cross-cultural Korean wine and tapas bar, owner Jade Kim says.

• A block south, the husband-and-wife team of David Lawrence and Monetta White, owners of 1300 on Fillmore, plan a second spot at 1325 Fillmore, across from the mother ship. It will be a barbecue joint called Black Bark, expected to open in the spring.

• After being plagued by flooding problems, Gussie’s Chicken & Waffles at 1521 Eddy Street, near Fillmore, has called it quits and plans to reopen in Oakland.

FASHION ON FILLMORE:
COMINGS & GOINGS

The new high-tech Rebecca Minkoff store is now open at 2124 Fillmore, formerly home of the Pure Beauty store.

Peruvian Connection has closed its boutique at 2326 Fillmore, noting on its website that it had "outgrown this charming space."

HeidiSays has reimagined its original location at 2426 Fillmore and consolidated its two stores on the block. HeidiSays Shoes will remain at 2105 Fillmore.

Popping up: Online men's fashion retailer Ministry of Supply has opened temporarily in the space at 1903 Fillmore that was previously part of Zinc Details.

HOTEL TOMO SOLD
— BOP CITY AVAILABLE

Hotel Tomo in Japantown has been taken over by the Kimpton group, joining the nearby Hotel Kabuki under new ownership. . . . And a “for rent” sign has gone up at 1712 Fillmore on one of the neighborhood’s most legendary buildings, formerly home of Marcus Books and Bop City.

NEW NIGHTCLUB OPEN
IN THE JAZZ DISTRICT

A showy new nightclub featuring DJs, dancing and bottle service is now open at 1538 Fillmore, the former home of Rasellas jazz club. Origin Boutique Nightclub, owned by the founders of the Grand Nightclub south of Market, is open on Friday and Saturday nights from 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.